The Little, Brown Reader, one of the best-known and most respected thematic readers available today, continues the tradition of excellence, bringing together contemporary and classic readings, with extensive critical reading and writing instruction, and 80 visuals.

Throughout the book, questions on individual works stimulate readers to think about writing analyses, evaluations, and other thoughtful responses. The strength of The Little, Brown Reader has always been its distinctive collection of quality readings and its unmatched apparatus; the Ninth Edition enhances both features, further improving the text's focus on critical thinking and writing. The appeal of this book has been always been its flexibility: a range of themes and a format that allows a variety of teaching styles. The readings are well balanced with selections by well-known writers and new writers.